I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.

Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.

Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.

The greatest gifts my parents gave to me...were their unconditional love and a set of values.

Policies that emanate from ivory towers often have an adverse impact on the people out in the field who are fighting the wars or bringing in the revenues.

It was the Congress that imposed 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' it was certainly my position, my recommendation to get us out of an even worse outcome that could have occurred.

That's why the army sends all its future generals to what we call "charm school." As soon as you are a general, people think that you know everything. You think yourself that you have become omniscient and omnipotent. Be careful, because people want to do everything they can to please the general, and you need to guard against this.